Man Tang Huacai

Chapter 47 Luo Zhi's Charge
When it came to burying alive, Li Linfu raised his hand slightly, motioned for the servant girl to interrogate on his behalf, and gave Xue Bai a chance to explain.

"Xue Bai, why did Han Chaozong let you out of Jingzhao Mansion?"

"He hates Ji Wen."

"what?"

The maid was looking at the doubtful points on the dossier marked with a vermilion pen and was asking questions according to the script, but she was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked one more question without authorization.

"Han Chaozong said 'chicken tongue plague is extremely abominable, the old man wants to do it, how can he let someone block the door'." Xue Bai said: "I am not the only one who heard this."

"Ridiculous!" Ji Wen interjected: "Your Honor, this son is talking nonsense! You are talking nonsense!"

Yang Shenjin said loudly: "Your Prime Minister, Han Chaozong's style is indeed like this."

Xue Bai felt that it was better for Yang Shenjin not to ask for help.

Li Linfu really didn't like to listen to Yang Shenjin's words, so he shouted: "Shut up."

"Here."

The maid continued to ask: "The porter said that Xin Twelve chased you out, did you see him?"

"He noticed it as soon as he went out. I was afraid that he would stop me, so I put out the lantern and went around to Pingkang Fang, which is just outside the east gate of the Fang. Marquis Wu of the Fang Lou can testify."

"You met Ji's servants in Daozhengfang? Why did you let them go to Ji Dalang?"

Xue Bai said: "Yes, I became suspicious of Ji Wen and checked his son."

What he said to Jiao Nu was that Ji Wen was protecting Wang Chiu, and the sons of the two families happened to gamble together again, which was very suspicious.Jiao Nu must have told Li Linfu about this, so there is no need to say it in the hall at this time.

"Since the servants of Ji's family have been sent to go, why do you also go?"

"I became suspicious of Ji Wen. I suspected that he sent people to walk at night because he wanted to have sex with the East Palace..."

"You are suspicious!" Ji Wen was furious, and interjected again: "You are always there every time a dead soldier in the Eastern Palace kills someone!"

"Yes, I am too eager to do meritorious deeds. As soon as I find clues, I will pursue them." Xue Bai lost his temper, "I have done too much, and I have made many mistakes. Ji Facao is good at compiling incriminating evidence. I will be irrefutable. I will plead guilty at that time. That's right."

Ji Wen said: "Hugh is pretending here, you just colluded with the East Palace..."

"Enough!" Li Linfu scolded angrily, "What is the crime of Donggong? You dare to use the word 'collusion'?!"

——Find out the evidence against Donggong first, trash!

Ji Wen finally realized that he had handled things too badly, which made the right minister angry.Since having Xue Bai, the requirements of the right relative have become stricter.

Cold sweat broke out on his forehead immediately.

Cai Cai's thinking was wrong, how could he argue with Yang Shenjin, Xue Bai, Guo Qianli, who can really do things?
This is to attack the enemy's strengths with one's own weaknesses.

It's time to change strategy.

~~
Ji Wen's eyes rolled, and he was actually bearing Li Linfu's anger, and said impassionedly: "Your Prime Minister! Even if the dead man in the East Palace is not hidden in the Yang family's other house, Xue Bai must have colluded with the East Palace. The servant he killed me is Iron proof!"

He has given up dealing with Yang Shenjin and only attacked Xue Bai.

Xue Bai was not in a hurry, and waited for a while before retorting: "Even if I killed your servants, I can admit it, but why did I kill them?"

"You are saving Du Shi!"

"Then why did you detain Du Shi?"

"She colluded with Donggong!"

"What's wrong with the East Palace? Why don't you just go to the ten king's residence and take all the princes and grandchildren."

Ji Wen was short of breath, and saluted towards the screen: "Your Honor, what... what... what... what sophistry is what this Zhu Zi said!"

Li Xiu finally couldn't stand it anymore, and said, "Ji Wen, you were the one who sent someone to detain Du Shi first, as long as you have any evidence, stop messing around."

Ji Wen was taken aback, and thought to himself how could Li Shilang speak for outsiders?
He didn't know why Mrs. Du was in his other house.

So he threw out his only evidence.

"This matter is simple, just let my slaves confront Xue Bai with the two You Xiaowei and the Du sisters, and whoever kills will be known immediately!"

"It turns out that Ji Facao handled the case by asking his servants to testify?"

Even Luo Xixi frowned, secretly thinking that this kind of thing should be done by his lackeys, how could Ji Wen dare to ask the right minister himself?

But Li Linfu still gave orders and asked someone to confront him.

Xue Bai then said: "Your Prime Minister, I would like to interrogate Wu Kangcheng. Where is the evidence for Ji Wen to testify against Yang Zhongcheng? If there is no evidence, why would Ji Wen dare to ask the Right Prime Minister to transfer troops?"

"bring."

"Here."

Not long after, the servants of the Ji family and the brothers of the Tian family have all arrived.

"Your Prime Minister, these seven servants were already questioning at the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the brothers from the Tian family were waiting for Xue Bai in the front yard at dawn."

"Okay!" Ji Wen was overjoyed, "Let them confront each other first!"

~~
Tian Shenyu's armor was removed, and the guards from the Xiangfu went up and searched him.

This made him very worried. He knew that he would reveal his secrets as soon as he was questioned, so he couldn't help calling out, just wanting to hear Tian Shengong's voice.

"Big brother."

"What's your name? What's wrong with touching you?" Tian Shengong said impatiently, he raised his hands to apologize to the Xiangfu guards and said with a smile: "My body is dirty, brothers, forgive me."

"You guys are pretty clean."

"Really?" Tian Shengong replied: "Recently, I often come to the right minister's residence, so pay attention."

"Put it on."

The two guards of Xiangfu kept their faces cold and threw away their thick jackets.

They brought the Tian family brothers to the lobby, walked to the steward Cang Bi, and reported a few words in a low voice.

"Secretary, I searched and found no hidden weapons."

"Ah."

"Also, there is no bloody smell on his body, and there is no blood under his nails."

Cang Bi nodded, and cautiously turned to the screen.

……

In the hall, someone burst into tears, it was a servant of the Ji family, pointing to Xue Bai and the brothers of the Tian family, and said: "It's them...they killed a lot of people..."

Yang Zhao immediately came out and asked, "What do you say?"

"The villain didn't kill anyone." Tian Shengong said: "The villain was ordered by the right minister to follow Xue Bai to investigate the case. Xue Bai said that Ji Wen snatched important witnesses in order to fight for credit. Let the villain go and get it back, but he dare not go to the official house To kill, and I don't know why to kill."

Yang Zhao took two steps.

Tian Shenyu knelt behind Tian Shengong, seeing him coming, she couldn't help but said: "It's over, Yang Canjun knows that I am simple-minded, so he turned to talk to me, what do you say? In the worst case, he will be recruited and assigned to the frontier army."

It's a pity that Yang Zhao never cared which of their brothers was meticulous and which was rough.

He didn't care which of Xue Bai and Ji Wen would die, but he didn't allow anyone to pour dirty water on You Xiaowei's head.

Walking towards Ji Wen's servant in two steps, Yang Zhao said, "He said he didn't kill him."

Ji Wen quickly winked, indicating to Yang Zhao that there would be great benefits, and urged other servants to identify him.

"Say it."

"It's them, the servants hid in the dark and saw it..."

"Your Prime Minister." Xue Bai said: "Ji Wen is the master of these slaves, and he keeps persecuting them. This is forcing them to give false testimony. I request that these slaves be taken down, questioned individually, and anonymously testify."

"Ridiculous! You are making trouble for no reason."

"I think you are trying to cover up your secret and make people frame me." Xue Bai said: "Otherwise, why can the East Palace, which regards human life as an ant, always stand upright? Is it because Li Heng really has no flaws, or is it because someone secretly passed the song? , The stick killed thousands of people in a year, but it couldn't even move a hair on him?!"

"Xue Bai! You spout blood!"

"It's all about asking witnesses to testify anonymously, who am I to blame?"

Ji Wen only felt that this matter was a big joke in the world, and the interrogation was the interrogation, so why would there be any need for anonymous evidence?
Li Linfu didn't care whether it was funny or not, he only knew that if someone colluded with the prince, it would be easier to find out by providing anonymous evidence.

A female envoy turned out of the screen and took the servants down.

Ji Wen also calmed down, thinking, in the face of the facts, it doesn't matter how you present evidence.

It is strange to say that as the legal officer of the Jingzhao Mansion, the word "fact" jumped into his mind, and he felt a little strange.

~~
A carriage stopped in front of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion.

Du Jin and Du Jin got out of the carriage arm in arm, walked into the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, and waited in the verandah in the front yard.

They were temporarily summoned by the Prime Minister's mansion, apparently for the matter of the other house in Xuanyangfang.

Feeling the dignified atmosphere here, the worried look in Du Yan's eyes became more and more intense.

"Second mother."

"No problem." Du Jin patted her hand and said in a low voice, "We can answer whatever the right minister asks."

Strangely, after they waited for a long time, no one from the Right Prime Minister's Mansion summoned them to inquire.

Just wait.

Du Yu couldn't help being puzzled, and recalled that when he left the other house last night, Xue Bai hadn't left yet, and was standing there thinking.

I don't know what he did in Ji's house afterwards?
~~
An emissary enters the lobby and walks around the screen.

"Ah Lang, the servants have asked, and the six servants are sure that it was Xue Bai and the Tian brothers who killed the murderer. But one person said that it was not them."

Li Linfu was not surprised, but asked, "Who is it?"

"The slave didn't see it clearly either, and only said that it was not long after Xue Bai snatched him away. Someone went to the other house to kill someone. She heard the screams, so she hid in the flower garden and didn't dare to look. She didn't know anything else."

"Killing people at night is normal if you don't see them clearly." Li Linfu asked, "Is there any more?"

"She said that she is a lowly slave, and if she dares to sue the master's family, she will be hanged to death. Please don't say that she is telling the truth."

It was rare for Li Linfu, the dignified prime minister, to personally ask about these details. He waved his hand impatiently and said, "Let Luo Feng check."

"Here."

After all, it's just something specious.

Li Linfu was getting old and hadn't slept all night. He couldn't bear it any longer. He closed his eyes, thinking that all suspicious people should be detained for interrogation.

It's just that although there are many subordinates, there are not many who dare to go all out to deal with Donggong.

It's not suitable for Wang Ji to investigate, Ji Wen and Xue Bai are biting each other... after all the calculations, there is only Luo Xishi.

Presumably with this order, Ji Wen will give some benefits, and Luo Xixi will definitely find out that Xue Bai colluded with the East Palace, a bunch of trash.

Just thinking about this, Cang Bi rushed over.

"Ah Lang, I just found important physical evidence."

It was a piece of unburned paper, on which the four characters "seeing the words and listening to the order" could be recognized. The calligraphy was excellent, and a corner of the seal could still be seen.

Li Linfu narrowed his eyes slightly and recognized the seal.

The East Palace belongs to the official letter seal.

Then this piece of paper is indeed a warrant for Donggong's subordinates to communicate with each other.

"Where did you find it?"

"There are traces of paper ashes stuck to the bottom of Jixiang's boots, which must have been accidentally stepped on by Jixiang when he burned the letter."

Li Linfu turned his head abruptly, murderous look in his eyes.

Cang Bi was startled, and hurriedly said: "No wonder the Huangfu Weiming case couldn't move the East Palace, could it be that our side... has raised a dog for two or three years, and it hasn't matured yet?"

He is a confidant of the prime minister's mansion, and he really does not lack Ji Wen's filial piety. He is afraid that Li Heng will ascend the throne.He also personally went outside the city to check that it was true that Donggong buried Xue Bai alive.

Wouldn't a wolf dog that "repays all debts and repays debts" be more useful than a stupid dog that picks up shit and eats everywhere?
~~
In the hall, after too long of silence, everyone was exhausted.

Finally, a small official from Jingzhao Mansion reported, "Your Prime Minister, Wu Kangcheng has brought you here."

When Ji Wen heard this, he suddenly understood many things, trembled, and shouted: "I understand! It was Xue Bai who deliberately harmed me. Prime Minister, Ji Wen admitted that he was eager for success and misunderstood Yang Zhongcheng..."

"Misunderstand?!"

Yang Shenjin's anger finally exploded, she got up suddenly, pointed at Ji Wen and cursed: "You said you misunderstood at this time?! How dare you let me copy your house?!"

Ji Wen was so anxious that he didn't bother to pay attention to Yang Shenjin at all, he just explained to Li Linfu.

"Master Right, the reason why I misunderstood Yang Zhongcheng was because Xue Bai colluded with Wu Kangcheng. They took advantage of my desire to strive for success and deliberately deceived me. Minister Right, Wu Kangcheng cannot be questioned, but can only be tortured to extract a confession! "

"There is no need to interrogate." Li Linfu said lightly.

"Here."

Wu Kangcheng, who had just been brought here, was taken away again like this.

Ji Wen was very fortunate, knowing that he had found the key.

He struck while the iron was hot, and cried loudly: "Your Prime Minister, it turns out that Xue Bai framed Ji Wen for all of this, please be the right Prime Minister to decide for Ji Wen... My son, he, died a terrible death!"

Xue Bai became more and more calm.

What slaves, sons, more than [-] people died, does Li Linfu really care about these?

There was a lot of arguing all night, but no one was arguing about a key issue - where is the dead man in the East Palace hiding?

Li Linfu knew the answer to this question a long time ago, because Xue Bai said yesterday afternoon that he was in Wangjiao's house, and Guo Qianli found out after the fire in Daozheng Fang's Wangjiao's house.

None of the officials in the hall mentioned it, it's just that they didn't dare to mention it.

Li Linfu dared to mention it, and asked, "Wang Chi, what do you think?"

Wang Ji didn't speak the whole time, as if he was asleep, but at this moment he quickly crossed his hands and said respectfully: "Mr. report?"

He described Wang Jian as "stupid".

Because Wang Jian does look a little stupid, but it doesn't affect his ability to be an official, it's just that he is obviously not smart.

"allow."

"Thank you Enxiang!"

~~
Wang Ji wanted to report secretly to the right minister, so everyone in the hall could only go out and wait in the corridor.

Ji Wen looked around and asked Yang Zhao, "What do you think of Yang Canjun?"

Yang Zhao said nonchalantly, "You're all too serious, isn't it just that you've messed up your errands? We'll find the hiding place of the dead men in the East Palace and copy it next time, that's all."

"I really doubt Xue Bai, my son..."

Yang Zhao didn't care about Ji Xiang's death, and interrupted: "Then you can find the hiding place of the dead man in the East Palace and copy it. After this matter is over, the right minister will not keep Xue Bai."

Ji Wen was taken aback for a moment, knowing that Yang Zhao was indeed the one who saw clearly, and asked, "Am I okay this time?"

"I've said it all, isn't it just that I messed up my errand? Didn't you steal Wang Langzhong's house."

"If you look at it that way, that's fine..."

Ji Wen felt relieved and remembered his original thoughts.

He knew that Wang Ji hated Yang Shenjin for a long time, and this was his greatest confidence in searching Yang Shenjin's house.

This move can win Wang Hao's favor.

Today's matter can actually be decided with just one sentence from Wang Chi.

And people like Xue Bai and Guo Qianli dare to suspect that Wang Ji's younger brother harbored the dead soldiers from the Eastern Palace, and they don't even know how they died.

~~
After waiting for a while, Li Linfu didn't call everyone back to the hall.

The three members of the Wang family came out of the lobby, Wang Ji recruited Luo Xishi, whispered a few words, and then said loudly: "The right minister is exhausted, let's all go away, and get this matter done as soon as possible."

Ji Wen was very surprised. He didn't expect that after such a long dispute, it ended in an understatement.

"But, Xue Bai colluded with the East Palace..."

He was still yelling, and Luo Xishi patted him on the shoulder.

Ji Wen turned his head to look and asked, "What did Wang Langzhong tell you?"

Luo Xixi didn't answer right away, and waited for a while before asking.

"What promise did the East Palace give you?"

"what?"

Ji Wen was startled, and by the time he realized it, he was out of his wits.

"I……"

The next moment, two guards held him down roughly.

"What?! Not me! Not me..."

Ji-Won is truly unbelievable.

Everything that happened at night is so obvious, it is clear that Xue Bai colluded with the East Palace to frame him, why does the right minister doubt him?

Ji Wen struggled hard, turned his head, and looked at Xue Bai with wide-eyed eyes.

——You framed me!How can you frame me?How on earth did you weave the charge? !
~~
Xue Bai turned around calmly, ignoring Ji Wen.

There is never a perfect crime, and it is impossible for him to cover all traces.

He just has more facts than Ji-win.

In fact, Ji Wen, whoever was willing to think about the business a little bit, knew that it was an iron-clad fact that Wang Zhuo's other house was harboring dead men, and Wang Hao had no choice but to admit it to Li Linfu.

It's a pity that he is too good at weaving charges, so he never thought of taking things seriously.

And it is because everyone knows that Ji Wen is good at weaving crimes, so as long as it is confirmed that Ji Wen colluded with the East Palace, no matter how many unexplainable doubts there are in Xue Bai, they will all be planted by Ji Wen.

More importantly, what do Li Linfu and Wang Chi think?
What happened last night, they were furious on the surface, but they were actually ecstatic in their hearts!

The East Palace kept dead soldiers, killed 38 people overnight, and even the sixteen guards of the Southern Yamen could not find it.

Li Heng has great skills.

Just imagine, if there are two to three hundred such terrible dead men, it is possible to help the prince succeed to the throne when something happens.

Once the evidence is found and presented to the sage, Li Heng will follow in the footsteps of the former prince Li Ying.

Li Linfu and Wang Hao already knew that the dead man was hiding in Wang Jian's other house.

But Wang Zhuo is an idiot, obviously ignorant of it.The old steward of Wang Jian's other house died tonight, and he must have been bribed by someone before he was silenced.

Right now, there is only one step away from abolishing the prince, but how to convict him by then?
When reporting to the sage, said that Wang Jian harbored the dead?

Li Linfu will give Wang Ji a face.

Wang Yu also had to find someone to take on this serious crime, and it was best to find the person who colluded with the East Palace, bought the old steward, and hid the dead in his Wang family.

Regarding this issue, when Xue Bai rushed to the dark gambling house, he once said a word to Wang Zhun——

"The dead man in the East Palace is hiding in the Wang family's other house, but I don't suspect the Wang family. I only suspect Ji Wen. He is too suspicious tonight."

This is Xue Bai's gesture of favor to the Wang family.

Jiwen's Xuanyangfang villa died that night, and it must have harbored the dead in the East Palace.

Therefore, as soon as the others retreated, Wang Yu immediately knelt down to Li Linfu and said, "Your right minister, my brother is stupid, and Ji Wen took advantage of him!"

~~
Li Linfu sincerely doubted Ji Wen.

There must be someone in the right minister's mansion who tipped off the news to help the dead man in the East Palace escape. This person knew about the search and arrest plan, and Ji Wen and Xue Bai were very suspicious.

But from the very beginning, he had the answer in his heart.

Xue Bai had no motive at all. A fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy who had been buried alive by the Eastern Palace took the wolves, tigers, and leopards raised by the Eastern Palace to run around and kill 38 people all night. Why?Help Donggong?

After asking a few words and finding key evidence, it was confirmed.

Of course, there are still many doubts that can't be explained for the time being, such as why Donggong killed Jixiang, did it kill the mouth or did Jixiang bump into the secret of Jiwen and Donggong?For example, why can Jiwen believe in Donggong's promise, and how do they communicate with each other?

The dignified right minister doesn't have to personally scrutinize, he just needs to ensure that the remaining confidantes are loyal.

The most important thing is that the people who use it are loyal and there is no threat to him.

As for the remaining matters, arrange for someone to investigate, and there will always be a time to check.

~~
Giwin was dragged across the corridor.

He was still thinking in his mind why the right side didn't believe him?

Although he handled this matter very badly, he was loyal.

With the shackles added to his body, he finally understood, because Xue Bai had no reason to help Donggong kill people in the first place, a child with no official position and no identity, why should he...

Wait, identity?
"I see!"

With a flash of inspiration in his mind, Ji Wen turned around and shouted excitedly.

"Xue Bai, it really is you! I know why you killed my son, because you found out that I sent people... because you are Xue Ru's son! I sent people to investigate, and you killed and silenced, and you have no conscience!"

He finally figured out why the Right Prime Minister made a wrong judgment, because Xue Bai's motive had nothing to do with the whole matter!Xue Bai's motive is a coincidence, so how can the right minister, who is determined to bring down the prince, guess?

"Right Prime Minister! Did you hear that? He is Xue Ru's son! You sent someone to kill Xue Ru in Lantianyi!"

too late.

If Jiwen had thrown out Xue Bai's life experience at the very beginning, and proposed that Xue Bai killed people to silence him, no matter how bizarre and exaggerated and appalling the matter was, Li Linfu might have guessed whether it was true or not.

But within an hour, Ji Wen changed his words three times.After being convicted, he suddenly brought up this reason, and no one believed it.

Xue Bai turned his head, looked at Ji Wen, smiled, and asked calmly, "Who is Xue Ru?"

"You are the son of a rebel! The son of a rebel!"

"Oh?"

"Xishi, listen to me, I sent Xin Twelve to investigate Xue Bai, that's why Xin Twelve died..."

Xue Bai already had a draft in his stomach and was about to respond.

"Wow!"

Luo Xishi suddenly reached out and pinched Ji Wen's cheek, making him speechless.

His fingers are extremely strong, like a pair of iron pliers.

"Don't worry about it." Luo Xishi looked at Xue Bai, nodded, and said, "How can I not understand chicken tongue plague? Once you say the word 'check', it must be a fake. Before you die, you will be held on your back. See more gone."

"Thank you, Yushi Luo, for your suggestion."

"It's okay, we will take care of each other in the future."

Roshiro smiled softly.

But when he turned his head, the smile on his face was already dissipating. He glanced at Ji Wen coldly, and said, "Don't disturb the peace of the Prime Minister's Mansion. It won't be too late to make a confession when you arrive at the prison of Jingzhao Mansion."

"Wow!"

Ji Wen was furious at first, and Luo Xishi turned his face and refused to recognize anyone when he was angry.

Luo Jia Ji Wang, Luo Jia Ji Wang!

After that, when he met his eyes, he was inexplicably terrified.

In the past, they only felt that they had a close friendship with each other, but at this time, Ji Wang felt the fear of Luo Jia for the first time in his life...

(End of this chapter)